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Poll context · edition 02

Local-supplier participation leads the first economic-results snapshot

Six of 15 responses selected local-supplier and small-business participation as the economic-development result Chatham-Kent should report most clearly.

Snapshot captured
Aug 31, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
Method
Voluntary participation · first 10-response threshold

Frozen snapshot

First 10-response threshold

15

responses

Investment completed, not only announced

13.3% · 2

Jobs filled, quality and retention

26.7% · 4

Local supplier and small-business participation· leading

40% · 6

Workforce gaps reduced

20% · 3

Immutable historical snapshot. Responses received after August 31, 2026 belong to the next edition.

Snapshot finding

Local-supplier participation received six responses, jobs filled and retained received four, workforce gaps received three, and completed investment received two.

Limitations

Fifteen voluntary responses are not a representative measure of business or worker priorities. The options are related accountability measures and should not be pooled into one economic score.

PUBLIC RECORD

Facts drawn from official public records and linked to the sources below.

  1. 01

    The Municipality's 2025 economic update reported more than 20 investor inquiries, eight site-selector delegations, more than 300 new small-business registrations and more than 250 annual corporate visits. It also reported that several potential investments had been cancelled or delayed.

    Sources: 1

INTELLISYNC VIEW

Inquiries, visits and registrations show activity. Accountability requires the next line: conversions, completed capital, jobs and wages, local purchasing, business survival and the public cost attached to each result.

ACCOUNTABILITY QUESTION

Which public report will connect economic-development activity to completed investment, job quality, local purchasing and durable business outcomes?

Inspectable evidence

No candidate statements were used in this edition. Every source is an official public record.

  1. 01

    2025 Chatham-Kent Annual Budget Update — Economic Update

    Municipality of Chatham-Kent · 2026-08-31

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